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Buckeyes sit atop preseason Power 16

ESPN The Magazine

Tuesday, August 15, 2006

It's anybody's BCS. A year after USC was everyone's preseason pick, five teams top at least one of our voters' lists. And there's reason not to love each of them. No. 1 Ohio State has nine new defensive starters, including the entire back seven. No. 2 Texas replaces a legend with two unproven youngsters. Notre Dame? Not enough D. Auburn? That schedule's a bitch. West Virginia? The comp is too soft. So who will be kings of college football? That's what the BCS championship game is for. Unless, of ...

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